Eyeglasses.



H. H. STYLL.

EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, 1012.

1,039,462 Patentd Sept. 24, 1912.

WITNESSES: IIVI/ENTOR W By HARRY H. 5TYLL A TTOR/VEY8 provision of UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY H. STYLL, 0F SOUTHIBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN OPTICAL COMPANY,IO F SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

To all *w/wm it may concern Be it known that I, HA RY H. STYLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Southbriclge, in the county of \Vorcester and State of ivlassacliusetts, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglasses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in eyeglasses, and has for its leading object the provision of an improved mounting of this character which may be readily placed upon or removed from the "face and which may he more readily placed and secured in enactly correct position upon the face than is possible with the ordinary linger piece mountings now in use.

The further object of my invention is the an improved mounting which shall include a part that may be adjusted to at all times remain in a fixed position relative to the lenses and which will bear upon the nose and serve as a guide for the exact correct positioning of the glasses which shall further be provided with a second portion adapted to clampingly engage the nose to hold the same in the desired position.

Other objects and advantages of my improved eyeglass mounting will be readily apparent by reference to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and it will be understood that I may make any modifications in the specific details of construction shown and described which fall Within the scope of the appended claims and embody my generic idea of one fixed nose enga ing portion and a finger controlled clamp or holding the-mounting in position without in anywise departing from or exceeding the spirit of my invention.

Figure I represents a plan view of a pair of eyeglasses constructed in accordance with the principles of my invention, the clamp being shown in disengaging position. Fig. II represents a plan view of my mounting with the parts. in normal position, the fixe lever being shown without a handle. Fig. III represents a plan view of one method by which the lever at one side of the mounting may be held in inoperative position. Fig. IV represents a view of an ordinary finger piece mounting with one of the levers blocked in dead position. Fig. V represents Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 5, 1912.

EYEGLASSES.

Patented Sept. #14, 1912.

Serial No. 675,512.

a perspective view of the locking. means. Fig. VI represents a perspective view of a slightly modified form of locking means. Fig. VII represents a finger piece lever em bodying both means for holding the same stationary and for concealing the absence of the actuating spring therefor, and Fig. VIII represents a front view of a mounting embodying said lever.

in the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the lenses which are connected by the usual supports including the lens clips 2 and the bridge 3 having the pivot seats 4 for receiving the pivot screws. Ordinarily in finger piece mountings there are a pair of pivoted levers both of which are adjusted by pressure of the fingers to swing the guards outward and which each depend upon equal pressure fonforcing-the two levers back evenly so that the lenses 1 may be at all times in the same position relative to the two guards 5. Weakening of one of the actuating springs, however, or a difference in the way that the glassesare put on.

is liable to throw the lenses slightly off their correct center, and this isa serious matter in the case of some prescription lenses. My inventlon obviates these objections by providing one guard which fixedly engages the nose and which is always in a certain predetermined position, while the other guard is movable and forms a clamp which may be released by engagement of the outer end or handle 6 to facilitate removing or placing in osition the glasses, which clamp will hol the glasses in position in the same way that ordinary finger piece glasses operate.

In this application I have illustrated but one of the many means for providing a dead lever, the means illustrated consisting in forming on the outer side of the lever 7 the pair of tongues 8 for spanning the cli 2 t0 mounting, or otherwise secured against movement. In the event that ersons now having finger piece eyeglasses esire to employ my improvement and at the same time use their old mountings and guards, I may employ means for locking one of the levers of the figures of the drawings I have illus-' trated a means for this purposewhich com prises a washer member 9 having an aperture. 10 to receive the ordinary pivot post or screw and having the downwardly bent spaced lugs or tongues 11 for spanning the bridge and extending between the lens clip and the lever to lock the lever against pivotal movement in either direction In'another form this washer has the wing 12' which may be bent upward in front of the pivot post to conceal the absence of the usual actuating spring in which event a very short pivot post may be employed. It will be understood that this is but one of the many Ways in which an ordinary finger piece lever may be locked against movement. In Fig. VII of the drawings I have likewise shown the lever 7 as provided with a wing 12 for concealing the short pivot screw as is most clearly shown in Fig. VIII.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings the construction and operation of my improved finger piece mounting will be readily apparent, and it will be seen that I have provided eyeglass structure in which the position of the stationary guard 5 may be satisfactorily adjusted to the exact contour of the nose and to the exact position relative to the lenses and then the other guard adjusted to correctly engage the nose to hold the mounting in place, the fixed guard thus always regulating the position of the mounting and being rst placed in correct position against the nose when the sameto "clamp the glasses 111 place.

.I claim:

v1. The combination with a lens mount having a seat provided with a tapped aperture, of a lever resting upon the seat, a screw passing through the lever and engaged in the tapped aperture for securing the lever upon the seat, and tongues for locking the lever against pivotal movement relative to the lens mounting.

2. The combination with a lens mounting having a seat, of a lever mounted upon the seat and provided with a pair of tongues engaging a portion of the mounting toprevent relative rotationpf the mounting and lever, and means for detachably securing the lever to the seat.

8. The combination; with a bridge, said thereof, of a lever rotatably supported on the bearing, and tongues for locking the lever against rotation.-

4:. The combination with a lens clip, of a bridge secured thereto, said bridge having a portion thereof adjacent the lens clip formed to provide a seat, means for securing the lever in position, and tongues formed integral with the lever and curv ng partially around the clip toprevent relatlve movement of the lever and clip.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I HARRY H. STYLL.

Witnesses:

H. K. Parsons,

JOSEPH J. DEMERS.

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i Washington, I). C.

clamp arm may be released-i to allow the bridge having a bearing portion at one end 

